Candle-holder and candlestick.



G. C. NOTT.

CANDLE HOLDER AND GANDLESTICK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18. 1909.

ented Mar. 22, 1910.

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socket through these apertures.

GEORGE CHARLES NOTT,

FIQ.

OF BRECON, ENGLAND.

CANDLE-HOLDER AND CANDLESTICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 22, 1910.

Application filed November 18, 1809. Serial No. 528,774.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE CHARLES Now, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in Brecon, South Vales, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candle-Holders and Candlesticks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to candlesticks of the type in which spring or other adjustable holders are employed to grip the candle.

An object ofmy invention is to provide an improved holder of the well-known spring-like form, opened by pressing together or pulling apart two end parts so that the candle can be inserted and gripped.

Another object is to provide a candlestick of suitable construction for use with my new form of clip or holder.

More particularly my object is to make a cheap simple and easily constructed clip which can be used with china and enameled iron candlesticks as well as with other forms.

The nature of my invention will be more clearly seen by reference to the accompanying drawings Figures 1 and 2 show two forms of the holder or clip; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the candle socket with the clip in place; Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the clip and socket and shows the action of the spring wings b. Fig. 5 shows socket fitted with wire bridges for holding the clip; Fig. 6 modified form of socket where the smaller wire bridge is replaced by a pin through the loop 6,- Fig. 7 shows another form of the clip in which the ring shaped portions are elongated laterally.

The holder is formed from a strip of spring steel, brass or the like preferably of fiat or clock spring shape, and is bent into a substantially ring-like form a, a, the two ends 0, c, of the clip being suitably cut and crossed so that when pressed together the holder opens and allows the candle to be inserted. At some part of the ring the metal is outwardly bent into a small loop I), which may be of any suitable form, thereby forming the spring portion of the clip.

The candle socket d, Figs. 3 and 4, into which the device is fitted, is made with apertures f and g of such size and shape that the spring holder can be pushed into the The loop or projection b forming the spring fits into the opening 9, and is held in position by the pressure of the spring wings b which are formed from the spring Z) by suitable cut ting and bending. In Fig. 4 also a pin is is shown in dotted lines, which pin may be used to further secure the clip in the socket. This pin is however unnecessary as a rule, and the fixing of the clips by means of spring wings which press firmly on the sides of the hole or recess in the candlestick dispenses entirely with rivets, screws and other hitherto necessary fixing means, and therefore not only decreases the cost of manufacturing the complete candlestick but also produces a neater and a cleaner article as the construction is simplified. Furthermore in use the invention has the advantage that. the holder is easily removed for cleaning purposes, and should it be accidentally broken a new holder is easily and quickly substituted.

Where openings are not formed in the socket itself the required apertures for holding the clip are made by fixing bridge like frames or loops 6 on top of the socket as in Fig. 5. As in the case of openings in the socket the spring wings hold the clip in place by their pressure on the smaller of these frames. In some cases the second of these frames may be omitted and a pin or rivet passing through the loop used instead, as is shown in Fig. 6.

Another modification of a candlestick and holder is given in Fig. 7. Here the flexible strips it, h, which may or may not be lateral elongations of a, a, are fixed inside the socket and so arranged that the clip closes these strips after the candle is inserted.

The candlestick may be of any suitable form or material, though the arrangement is designed primarily for use with china or enameled iron candlesticks. The shape of the socket is immaterial providing it has one or more openings or recesses for the purpose above specified.

I declare that what I claim is l. A clip for holding candles comprising a ring-shaped portion for grasping the candle, spring means for keeping the clip closed and, on the opposite side of the ring, handles for opening the clip, in combination with a candlestick the socket of which is arranged with apertures to receive the parts of the clips.

2. A clip for holding candles comprising a ring-shaped portion for grasping the candle, spring means for keeping the clip closed and, on the opposite side of the ring, handles for opening the clip in combination with a candlestick the socket of which is made with slots on opposite sides to receive the parts of the clip.

3. A clip for holding candles comprising a ringshaped portion for grasping the candle handles for operating the clip and on the opposite side of the ring a loop or projection, formed by suitably bending the metal so that a spring is formed which tends to keep the clip closed, and additional spring portions which are cut and bent so as to form spring wings adapted to hold the clip in position, in combination with a candlestick the socket of which is arranged with apertures to receive the parts of the clips.

4. A clip for holding candles comprising a ring-shaped portion for grasping the can- (lle handles for operating the clip and on the opposite side of the ring a loop or projection, formed by suitably bending the metal so that a spring is formed which tends to keep the clip closed and additional spring portions which are cut and bent so as to form spring wings adapted to hold the clip in position, in combination with a candlestick the socket of which is made with slots on opposite sides to receive the parts of the clip.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name this 8th day of October 1909, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE CHARLES NOTT.

itnesses EDWIN KEANE, HARRY RoBERTs. 

